Furnace for the destruction of town refuse.



no. 713,024. Patented Nov. 4, I902.

a. WATSON.

FURNACE FOR THE DESTRUCTION 0F TOWN REFUSE.

(Application filed June 18, 1902.1

(No MoUel.)

GEORGE WATSON,--OF LEEDS, ENGLAND.

FURNACE FOR THE DESTRUCTION "0F TOWN REFUSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,024, dated November 4, 1902.

Original application filed April 15, 1902, Serial No. 102,976. Divided and this application filed June 18, 1902. Serial No. 1121177. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WATSON, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and aresident of Lord Street Vorks, Whitehall road, Leeds, formerly of 5 Greek street, Leeds, county of York, England, have invented certai n new and useful Improvements Relating to Furnaces for the Destruction of Town Refuse, of which the following is a specifica= tlOD.

This invention relates to the charging opening or mouth and the lid or cover thereforin the furnace of a refuse-destructor of that type in which the refuse instead of being pushed in by hand is shot directly into the furnace from the collecting-carts or from tipping-wagons, stora e-bins, charging-trucks, grabs, containers, or other apparatus above the furnace.

The object of said invention is to render the furnace mouth and cover perfectly smoketight when closed, and to this end I provide them with a liquid seal; and my improvement consists in the combination of lid or cover and liquid seal hereinafter described and claimed, whereby a very effective sealing is provided and great facility is afforded for operating the cover. a

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section of the charging-opening of a furnace which has myinvention applied, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.

A is the charging opening or mouth of the furnace, having its sides formed by or lined with a deep trough 1, which contains the water or liquid for forming the seal.-

2 is the lid or cover of a size and form to cover and lap over the inner edges of the lin-' ing-trough 1 and dip into the liquid therein. The trough 1 is of a depth sufficientto receive the lid or cover or the greater portion thereof, as shown in dotted outline in 1, when the latter is moved aside from the furnace-mouth. The said cover is carried by lid or cover.

arms 3, which are radial to and fastened upon pivots l, which have hearings in opposite sides of the furnace-mouth or lining-trough, and balance-weights 5 are applied in connection with saidarms for counterbalancing the On one of the pivots is a Wheel 6, around which and around another wheel 6*, supported in fixed bearings above the furnace-mouth, there runs a chain 7 for rocking the arms 3 formoving the lid or cover 2 to and from between the position covering and closing the furnace-mouth, in which it is shown in full outline in Figs. 1 and 2, and the position (shown in dotted outline in Fig. l) to which it is turned asideinto the trough 1 for opening thefurnace-mouth. The chain 7 may be operated by any suitable meansas, for example, by a worm 14, supported in bearings above the furnace-mouth and engaging with a worm-wheel 13, attached to the chainwheel 6*.

The depth of the trough gives it a capacity which renders it available for heating water for any useful -purposeas, for example, the heating of feed-water for a steam-boiler.

It will be understood. that the refuse may be fed .into .the charging-opening by being shot either directly from tipping carts or wagons or from grabs or containers.

What I claim as myinvention is The combination of a'cover for the charging-opening of arefuse-destructor furnace, rocking arms and pivotal supports therefor carrying said cover, and a trough surrounding said openingand serving the two purposes of containing the liquid for sealing the cover when closed and of receiving the cover when open, substantially as herein described.

' In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' GEORGE WATSON.

Witnesses:

ALFRED D. BISHOP, WALTER, J. SKERTEN. 

